Anna Broche is at the cusp of adulthood as a Shaker woman while the nation suffers through the upheaval of the Civil War. Her life is her community and the dancing that frees her spirit. A vision from an angel calls her to serve God, but the voice of a dying soldier who manages to crawl to safety makes her question her future.

After her grandmother dies, Amity Frost leaves a good job in Philadelphia and a recent heartbreak to take care of Gram's house in Amish country. Secrets about her Gram's past begin to unravel when Amity finds a bundle of love letters in a roll top desk.
Strange cries in the night keep Amity awake. What danger awaits her, and will true love prevail in the present where it was thwarted in the past?

Astrid Kent is enjoying her summer in Seattle when she gets a call that catapults her back into her sordid past. Her mother, famous artist Maeve Garza Kent, has died suddenly back in Brownsville, Texas, and Astrid has inherited her home and other belongings--including an ex-lover in residence.